Turkish Ministry of Finance General Directorate of Public

Turkish Ministry of Finance General Directorate of Public Accounts Government Finance Statistics of Turkey Haydar KULAKSIZ Head of Statistics Department hkulaksiz@muhasebat. gov. tr

Content • • EU Negotiation and National Statistics in Turkey Responsible Institutions for General Government Statistics Coverage of the General Government Basis of Recoding Data Compilation For GG and Stakeholders Twinning Project Related to GFS Current Situation Related to ESA Tables and EDP Tables of General Government

EU Negotiation and National Statistics in Turkiye • • • Accession Partnership Document National Program Screening Process (19 June – 18 July 2006) Chapter Openned (2007) Target for Full Alignment 2011

Responsible Institutions For General Government Statistics in Official Statistics Program • • • Official Statistics Program Turkish Statistics Office Ministry of Finance Treasury Turkish Central Bank

The Coverage of the General Government Sector in PFMCL-1ü Central Government Ø General Budget Institutions - Legislative Body - Executive Body - Judicial Body Ø Special Budget Institutions (118) - Universities (85) - Others (33) Ø Regulatory and Supervisory Institutions (8) ü Social Security Institutions Ø Social Security Institution Ø Turkish Labour Institution ü Local Governments Ø Municipalities (3225) Ø Provincial Special Institutions (81) Ø Associations Established by Local Governments (1610)

The Coverage of the General Government Sector -2 • • Public Financial Management and Control Law Turkish Statistics Law Redefining the Scope of General Government Workshop “Boundaries of Turkish General Government Sector and ESA 95 Methodology”

Basis of Recoding • The Ministry of Finance Introduced a Unique Accounting System to the GG Defined by PFMCL in 2006 • Accounting System Requires Institutions To Use Both Cash and Accrual Base • Most of the Institutions Achieved To Apply Cash and Accrual Base • Cash Base Data More Reliable At The Moment, Accrual Data is Being Tested

Data Compilation for General Government and Stakeholders -1 • Responsible Institution = MOF • Stakeholders – Treasury, – Social Security Instituion – The Ministry of Internal Affairs – Central Bank

Data Compilation for GG and Stakeholders -2ü By using say 2000 i system, the Mo. F is capable of compiling data for the general and special budget institutions instantly. ü Regulatory and supervisory institutions send their accounting data monthly. ü Local Governments enter their data into say 2000 i system quarterly. ü Social Security Institutions are obliged to send their data quarterly to the Mo. F. Because of restructuring there is no data yet.

Current Situation Related GFS in National Classification • The Ministry of Finance Disseminates Cash and Accrual Based; – Central Government Data Montly – Local Government Data Quarterly • Social Security Fund Couldn’t Provide Neither Cash Nor Accrual Data • MOF Compiles and Disseminates Accrual Data for Some Institutions Such As Revolving Funds, Extrabudgetary Funds and Unemployment Insurance Fund Which are out of The Scope of GG defined by PFMCL.

Twinning Project Related to GFS • The Ministry of Finance is Conducting a Twinnig Project to Build and to Improve the Capacity of Data Compilation • In the Context of The Project; – IT System has been Improved, – Recommendations to redefining the Scope of GG was Built up. – A Bridge Table has been Created to Convert National Chart of Accounts to ESA Codes, – Works Started to Fill in ESA Tables 2, 6, 7, 9 and 11 – Training Activities to Improve Personel Skills of Statisticians and Accountants were Planned

Current Situation Related to ESA Tables and EDP Tables of GG • Treasury Started to Submit EDP Tables Produced by Using Mainly Cash Data of Central Government to Eurostat • There isn’t any ESA Tables Submitted to Eurostat Yet • The Minstry of Finance and Turkstat Have Been Working Together to Produce ESA Tables 2, 9 and 11 • MOF, Central Bank, and Treasury will Cooperate on ESA Tables 6 and 7

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